From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
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Welcome to the digital darkroom - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
Welcome to the digital darkroom
Photoshop ships with a plug-in called Camera Raw that allows you to process images captured with a midrange or professional level digital camera and saved in your camera's so-called raw format. This raw file represents the uncompressed data captured by the camera's image sensor. Such a file is typically several times larger than an equivalent JPEG, but it also contains far more information, including a wider range of luminance data. Think of it this way. If Photoshop lets you edit an image and turn that image into anything you like, Camera Raw lets you develop it. It really is a digital darkroom. You start by adjusting the white balance, which is the basic color cast of the image, then you expose the image, correct the contrast, enhance the colors, and straighten and crop is needed. You can even adjust certain areas independently of others, correct for lens distortion, and add grain and vignetting effects. The amazing thing is that no matter what, without the need for layers, every…
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Welcome to the digital darkroom1m 44s
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Introducing Camera Raw7m 40s
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Adjusting white balance7m
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Selecting and synchronizing images6m 9s
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Making automatic adjustments and saving changes7m 19s
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Creating and managing snapshots8m 23s
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Adjusting the Exposure value6m 24s
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Working with clipping warnings5m 4s
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Adjusting Brightness and Contrast7m 35s
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Vibrance, Saturation, and Clarity9m 25s
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Recovery and Fill Light6m 57s
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Using the Graduated Filter tool7m 2s
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Painting edits with the Adjustment Brush9m 43s
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Straighten, crop, and geometric distortions7m 49s
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Applying manual lens corrections7m 19s
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Vignette and chromatic aberrations6m 21s
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Introducing the Tone Curves6m 9s
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Parametric curves and targeted adjustments6m 26s
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Correcting a low-noise photograph7m 35s
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Sharpening and high-noise photos8m 25s
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Selective Hue/Saturation adjustments5m 34s
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Selective Luminance adjustments5m 39s
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Adding grain and vignetting effects5m 22s
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Mixing a subjective black-and-white image7m 53s
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Colorizing with the Split Toning options4m 29s
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Opening a raw image as a Smart Object5m 39s
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Camera Raw wrap-up8m 38s
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